Mitchell Capital’s Campbell Dies in Yankton
Gen Hugh J Campbell respected Dakota figure died Tuesday morning in Yankton after arriving in 1877 as U S attorney under President Hayes. He helped push statehood and influenced Dakota politics amid controversies over regents funds and public funds. The board of regents and the panic examiner cleared David Williams, prompting populist apologies.
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Hugh J. Campbell
Yankton
Dakota Territory
United States
Hayes
Campbell
Territory
David Williams
Board of Regents
Williams
Jobo Wanamaker Promotes Armist War Service at Firm
Jobo Wanamaker former Republican postmaster general issued a public notice at his large establishment offering employees who take up arms against Spain full return to their jobs after the war and continued salaries with life insurance of $1000 funded by the company. His display of patriotism reflects notable generosity to the country.
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Jobo Wanamaker
Spain
Mr. Wanamaker
Arrest Made in First Ward Illegal Voting Case
One arrest followed illegal voting at the election in the First ward precinct. Charles Bennett faced examination before Judge Abbey after F. A. Bidwell filed the complaint. Bennett claimed residency since March 1 and said he slept in barns with two brothers as he pressed to vote.
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Charles Bennett
F. A. Bidwell
Mitchell
Bennett
Mr. Bidwell
Abbey
Bunds
Woman Nearly Takes Her Own Life At Bliss Farm
Hannah Wolcott, 18, attempted suicide at Bliss farm four miles northwest of town by ingesting strychnine. Dr B A Bubb arrived during convulsions and revived her. she remains stable and is recovering. She said she took the poison in a personal crisis, tired of life.
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B. A. Bobb
Bliss Farm
Wolcott
Dughter
Hannah
Miss Wolcott
Weather of a Week: Temperature Range Report
A tabulated weekly temperature record ending April 20 shows daily highs and lows observed locally by Huyck. A dash indicates below zero for the corresponding day, detailing the range and overall trend over the period.
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Huyck
Delays are Dangerous Now in Spring Medicine Choice
The ad promotes Delays are Dangerous Now as a spring medicine option. Scallin's Sarsaparilla is advertised with a satisfaction guarantee or money refunded, signaling a bold promise of efficacy and consumer protection.
The Orloff Diamond and the Eyes of Brahma Legend
A narrative traces the fate of the Orloff diamond once set in Brahma’s temple eyes. A French soldier converts, steals an eye, and sells it for about $10,000. The gem passes to English hands, an Armenian merchant, Catherine the Great, and Count Orloff, with courtly favors and betrayals surrounding its dazzling journey.
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India
Brahma
Serringham
Crapaud
Schaffras
Catherine of
Russia
Gregory Orloff
Orloff
Catherine
Par L'Amille Reconnaissante
Gregory
St. Petersburg
Neith Boyce
Lippincott’s
Invisible patch bargain ends with visible patch lesson
A downtown shoe shop owner and a customer debated an invisible patch. The customer demanded invisibility and no charge if patch was not hidden. The shoemaker first failed, then showed a hidden alteration making the patch truly invisible, turning the lesson into humor for readers.
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Chicago Tribune
Drought Resisting Alfalfa for Kansas Lands
Franklin Matthews in Harper's Weekly notes alfalfa thrives with deep roots, reaching 26 feet for moisture in open soils and along Kansas river bottoms. The plant prospers in upland areas with 25 inches rainfall, providing hay and seed with minimal irrigation, as long roots endure hot winds and arid conditions.
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Kansas
Franklin Matthews
Harper's Weekly
Not Many Bluestockings in Egypt Census
The New Orleans Picayune reports Egypt’s census showing men outnumber women by 166000 across both upper and lower Egypt. Only Dongola province has more women. It notes Egyptian women with literacy at just over one half of one percent.
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Egypt
Khedivy
Dongola
New Orleans Picayune
Sleep the Wrong Way Round In Finnish Six Months Day
In a Finland narrative Mrs Alec Tweedie recalls how she and her sister faced the six months of daylight by arranging beds with pillows at the foot to avoid glare. After days, the maid timidly asks if sleeping with the head away from windows is part of English ladies' religion.
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Alec Tweedie
Finland
Paid Her Own Way Woman who toured Europe six times in twelve years
A plucky American teacher supported herself from age 18 by private tutoring and a small public school salary. She financed six European journeys over twelve years, learning six languages, studying first languages before each trip, and culminated by taking a high school teaching post in French German and Italian for young women.
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Europe
Philadelphia Times
England
Scotland
France
Belgium
Holland
Rhine
Vienna
Dresden
Berlin
Bremen
Rome
Switzerland
Spain
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Moscow
Drosky
Gargoyles and the history of rain spouts as art
The article traces gargoyles from medieval rain water spouts to decorative sculptural works. It notes the term’s rise in dictionaries and lexicography, ties Gargoyle naming to Rouen legends, and describes their stylistic evolution from the mid thirteenth century toward longer, more ornate projections and refined design.
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Chambers’ Journal
Repute
Rouen
Bridal Calls and Modern Etiquette After Marriage
The bride should follow ordinary calling rules, not remain at home all afternoons. She may be available at her convenience, returns calls promptly, and begins her new life from returning home. She avoids displaying wedding presents or offering cake, and schedules engagements for each day.
An Unbiased Charge
Lawyers recount a southern tale of a justice of the peace who ends a long trial by telling the jury to ignore all witnesses and both sides. He calls the witnesses disreputable, the lawyers scoundrels, and the litigants equally flawed, then orders the jury to retire and deliberate.
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Justice’s Court
Washington Post
Lincoln and the Battery Story from Lincoln’s Time
A Rhode Island captain led his artillery battery to Washington after enlisting at the outbreak of the Civil War. The unit was reviewed before President Lincoln, who complimented the battery as “the prettiest” he had seen, then privately added he had seen very few batteries.
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Lincoln
Tompkins
Battery of Artillery
State of
Rhode Island
Providence
Washington
White House
New York Times
The Monkey a comic portrait from New York World
A caricatured piece describes a city monkey as charming and mischievous, thriving mainly on Broadway. It notes imitative behavior, a casual London accent, casual dress quirks, and a habit of smoking. The essay satirically critiques modern urban life and parental control.
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Broadway
New York
Mamma
Papa
New York World
Alfred Harmsworth Creed and Half Price Goods Schemes
Alfred Harmsworth of the London Daily Mail is quoted praising independent journalism and public taste. The Textile World analysis explains trade practices where goods are sold at half price through mill agents, with returns and price gaps shifting losses to manufacturers, not retailers, via large buybacks and below cost promotions.
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Alfred Harmsworth
London Daily Mail
Spinster's voyage left land sale a bargain for sails
A Liverpool steam packet firm once sought land from a stay-at-home spinster. She secured a life travel clause allowing a companion on company ships, then lived aboard continually, selling furniture and letting a relater buy a reduced ticket. The company offered double the land value to drop the clause, but she refused.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Steam Packet Company
Liverpool
Packet Company
Epinster
Nervousness Over Russia’s Expansion Noted in Parliament
The term nervousness was not first used by the current prime minister but by a state minister who mocked warnings about Russia advancing toward India. The Duke of Argyll coined the phrase in Lords debate while mocking fears Russia would seize Merv in Turkestan during 1883-84.
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Russia
India
Duke of Argyll
House of Lords
Merv
Turkestan
Why They Stated. A Naval Architect and Court Etiquette
An odd tale recounts a famous naval architect visiting a German prince. While walking, the guest moved from left to right side, prompting surprised glances. The prince explains the right-hand rule for high rank at court, noting people assumed the guest might be a monarch. The architect then switches back to the left to avoid misperception.
Dinah M May or Might Baby Name Hint
A Syracuse baby baptism prompt shows a father choosing the middle name based on the child’s future behavior. The minister asks what the y stands for, and the father explains the name will reflect whether the girl turns out sweet and helpful like the mother or fiery and explosive like the father.
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Frovislo
The
Syracuse Post
Syracuse
Dinah M
Dinah
The Foolish Chimney Sweep
A chimney sweep who cannot see himself as others do smashes his mirror, then is mocked for being black. He is angered, cleans his face with soap and water, and his temper and appearance improve afterward.
Washington Post boy refuses bribe over visiting card
A Washington Post story recalls a senate page at the Capitol who refused a woman's offer of twenty five cents to pass a visiting card to a senator. The boy said he was paid a larger salary to keep cards out, enforcing the east lobby rule.
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Washington Post
Senate
Washington
Senator Blank
Bicycle mileage champion seals 1897 feat
John H. George of Philadelphia is credited as the oldest bicycle mileage champion for 1897, riding 32 479 miles and recording 226 centuries as part of his long distance achievement.
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John H. George
Philadelphia
Moonlit Rover Encounter Teasing Tiger Tale
A planter narrates a tense Moonlight rover tale as the party tracks an unseen beast. They mistake a donkey for a tiger and debate danger while cautiously following the dim road. The mood mixes adventure with cautious retreat in a rustic travel vignette.
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Vik Anima
Aly
Lord Byron Quotation Reveals Complex Character
A letter from John Murray portrays Lord Byron as a curious man who restrained publication of two new poems. Murray recalls offering a 1000 guinea draft for the poems and Byron declining payment, preferring their inclusion in collected works without cost. Murray notes Byron’s generosity and wry humor in refusing the pocketbook gift.
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Lord Byron
John Murray
His Only Love Romance Told by a Horton Spinster
A Horton Headlight item recounts a Horton spinster who refused a childhood sweetheart twice. Ten years after the first refusal she receives a businesslike letter on each anniversary asking for her hand. The letters, simple and persistent, carry little romance but hold a possible future.
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Horton
Northwich England Curiosity City of Shaken Streets
The New York Sun describes Northwich Cheshire as the queerest town in England with no straight streets or houses. Surrounded by large salt works pumping brine weekly, wells at depth create vast underground lakes and subsidence. The weakened crust causes buildings to tilt and the town to look dissipated.
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England
Northwich
Cheshire
New York Sun
Clean living colonel and Gretna Green elopement tale
Colonel Ibbetson, who died in England, was a capital whist player and voracious reader. He sparked the sensational Gretna Green elopement with Lady Adela Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, in a scandal that never fully pardoned her for a supposed grave misalliance.
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Ibbetson
England
Gretna Green
Adela Villiers
Earl of
Jersey
Adela
Witchell Stirs Philadelphia Record Reader Curiosity
A Philadelphia Record exchange reveals a reader asking about a favorite author. The clerk mentions Witchell, prompting a brief dialogue on recognition and literary taste.
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Noozel
Witchell
Philadelphia Record
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Hannah Wolcott
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